Trunk curtain and laundry bag



May 5, 1931. J. RITTER, JR 1,804,030

TRUNK CURTAIN AND LAUNDRY BAG Filed Jan. 11 1926 I D LLLILIIIIIIIIIIIIIYIIIIIIIlI lIIIIVUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllll -l lllllIIIIIH 1 NV EN TOR.

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Patented May 5, 1%31 UNiTEE STA' l,80 i,03d

JULIUS RITTER, JR., OE RACINE, WISCGNSIN, ASSIGNOB TO HAR'IRIANN TRUNK C0141- PAIJY, 03E R-AQEEZE, VJ'EEGQZTSEI-l', A. COEPGBATIOFE F \VISUONSIN TRUNK CURTAIN AhTD LAUNDRY BAG Application filed January 11, 1528.

This invention relates to improvements in trunk curtain and laundry bags.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a trunk curtain and laundry bag which may be easily attached within a wardrobe trunk having an open front and top.

A furt ier object of the invention is to provide trunk curtain and laundry bag which may be easily attached to a wardrobe trunk section and which will extend over the front and top portion to protect the garments therein, and which will also hold soiled linen and keep it separate from other articles of wear.

A further object of the invention is to provide a trunk curtain and laundry bag which is adapted to maintain garments suspended within the wardrobe section of the trunk in position on the hangers;

A further object of the invention is to provide a trunk curtain and laundry bag in which parts may be easily detached from the trunk cection to permit access to the garments, or the cover may be entirely removed from the section for cleaning.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a trunk curtain and laundry bag which is simple construction, is strong and durable, and is well adapted for the purpose described.

.Vith the above and other objects in view,

, the invention consists of the improved trunk curtain and laundry bag and its parts and combinations set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a top vi w of the wardrobe section of a wardrobe trunk provided with the improved curtain and laundry bag, parts removed to show other parts therebeneath;

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, parts broken away to conserve space;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a larger scale taken on line 8-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. l is a sectional detail view on a larger scale taken on line 4% of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional detail of the upper port-ion of the curtain and laundry ba Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates the wardrobe section of a wardrobe Serial No. 80,538.

trunk, and 6 a small portion of the drawer section which is hinged thereto. The wardrobe section is also formed with an upper open end 7 and is provided with a hinged top cover (not shown). The upper portion of he wardrobe section is provided with fixed parallel tracks 8 and hinged outer end e2;- tensions 9 which are foldable to closed position along the upper front edge of the wardrobe section. Garment hangers 10 slidably mounted on the tracks are adapted to hold garments draped thereon.

The improved curtain and laundry bag comprises a piece of material, such as fabric, which extends horizontally from the upper rear portion of the wardrobe section of the trunk over the garment hangers and the extension tracks and then downwardly in front of the wardrobe section and terminating in front of the upper edge portion of a shoe box 5 mounted in the lower front porion of said wardrobe section. The upper rear portion of the fabric is in the form of a, loop 11 for receiving a rear connecting bar 12 which is provided with opposite and downwardly extending arms 13 adapted to ent r openings in the socket brackets 14. Said brackets are mounted on the inner angular faces of the cornerreinforcing strips 15 of the wardrobe section. thus connected the connecting rot. may be easily'removed from the brackets by an upward movement of the bar. lhe horizontal portion 16 of the curtain extends forwardly from the bar 12 over the hangers and the folded extensible tracks 9 and the vertical portion 17 extends downwardly in front of the trunk section to a point in front of the upper portion of the shoe box 5'.

The vertically extending portion 17 of the curtain is of double thickness with the inner portion 18 of considerable fullness to form a laundry bag 19, access to which isthrough the opening19 closed in any manner desired but preferably by a slidable locking member :20 also of ordinary construction.

By positioning the laundry bag port-ion in the lower front part of the wardrobe section, space is utilized which is not ordinarily used and as garments are removed from the hangers the space is gradually, automatically increased inwardly for holding the soiled apparel.

The lower portion of the fabric is also formed with a loop 21 to receive the lower securing bar 22 which is formed with opposite end inwardly extending hoot: portions 23 and 2 k. Said hook portions are adapted to locliingly extend through elongated openings 25 and 26 formed in an valance or metal frame 27 mounted within the wardrobe section. A spring actuated pivoted latch 28 is positioned to lockingly engage the hooked portion 23 of the bar when saic portion is-pnshed through the slot or opening 25. A projecting finger 29 provides for releasing the latch to unlock the end of the bar. The slot or opening 26 is of less length than the width of the bar 22 and the lower inner edge 2% of the heel: member 24 is rounded so that the hook member is inserted into the slot to locked position by a turning movement of the hook member as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. W hen the side face of the bar is parallel to outer face of the frame 27 as shown in solid lines in Fig. 4 the end of the bar 22 is locked. W'hen thus positioned the opposite end of the bar may then be pushed into its slot 23 to locked position.

As the curtain extends over the open top and front open side portion of the wardrobe section, it forms a protecting cover for the garments suspended from the hangers mounted within said section.

From the foregoing description it will be seen thatthe curtain and laundry bag is of very simple construction and is well adapted for the purpose described.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination with a wardrobe trunk section having an open front and provided with opposite side slots extending inwardly toward the rear portion of the trunk section, a curtain for covering the front opening of the section, a bar carried by said curtain, said bar being relatively wide in the plane of the curtain and having its opposite ends bent inwardly of said plane and insertable through said slots, and means engageable with said bar for locking said ends within said slots to position said bar fiatwise across said front opening when said curtain is in covering position.

2. A. curtain for covering the upper and front portion of the wardrobe section of a trunk and having attachable members at its opposite ends in the form of bars having angled end portions, the angled end portions of one bar extending downwardly at right angles to the upper portion of said trunk section and the end portions of the other bar extending inwardly toward the rear portion of the trunk section, and fixed apertured memtion of. said trunksection and the end portions of the other member extending inwardly toward the rearportion of the. trunk section, and fixed apertured members carried by said trunk section for removably receiving said end portions.

in testimony whereof, I my signature.

JULIUS BITTER, JR.

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